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Originally posted by Longhorn Man
high nickle blocks are quite a bit stronger against wear in the bore. I have seen 150,000 mile small blocks with so little ring wear that it wouldn't even catch your finger nail. The pistons came right out of that sucker, no ridge reamer needed.
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I have to agree with Longhorn. Last summer we pulled the engine on a buddie's '76 corvette. It had 97K miles on a high nickel block, and we could still see the original cross-hatching of the bores -- amazing.
Brian